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fribble

[ frib-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

, frib·bled, frib·bling.
  1. to act in a foolish or frivolous manner; trifle.


verb (used with object)

, frib·bled, frib·bling.
  1. to waste foolishly (often followed by away ):

    He fribbled away one opportunity after another.

noun

  1. a foolish or frivolous person; trifler.
  2. anything trifling or frivolous.

adjective

  1. frivolous; foolish; trifling.

fribble

/ ˈfrɪbəl /

verb

  1. tr to fritter away; waste
  2. intr to act frivolously; trifle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a wasteful or frivolous person or action
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. frivolous; trifling
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈfribbler, noun
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Other Words From

  • fribbler noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fribble1

First recorded in 1620–30; perhaps alteration of frivol
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fribble1

C17: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

Somehow, she found it difficult to imagine a friendship between Godfrey and this little fribble of a woman.

Nor can such a person be a mere fribble; nor can any loose hanger-on of fashion imagine he may assume the character.

And so he became a priest, a fribble, and a coxcomb, but a man of truth.

But I might say that she is in fulness a woman—not a fribble, or one of those pick-me-up-and-carry-me women.

He ought to have been taken about the country in order to show the world the true meaning of a fribble and a beau.

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